HTC teases an all-white 8X Windows Phone. Coming soon?

With sales of the HTC 8X evidently doing fairly well, it would seem obvious that the company would experiment with other colors—after all, California Blue, that fire engine red, Limelight yellow and black are all quite popping. Heck, we’ve even seen a grey/yellow “employee edition” of the 8X previously.

HTC have posted on their official Twitter account a simple photo with the headline “Sometimes you just need to tune it all out. Let us help.” With an accompanying image of a boy “tuning out” the people around him while he listens to what appears to be a red HTC 8X. The two females meanwhile are passing what appears to be a white HTC 8X—a colors scheme heretofore unseen to the public.

We've seen grey before so why not white?

So, the question: is this really an HTC 8X (as opposed to One X or M7) and is it something we’ll see? To the first question, looking at the flash placement and rounded corners, it certainly does look like an 8X. Then again, the soon-to-be-announced M7 is basically a larger 8X with the same design—one difference being flash placement, which does not match here. For that question, yes, this seems to be a white HTC 8X Windows Phone.

Whether or not we’ll actually see this or it is just a prototype is another question. With reports of the soft touch paint wearing off or getting dirty for current 8X users, we shudder to think what an all-white version would look like after a few months of usage. But then again, white is the new black for smartphones, so anything is possible.

I don't know what people are taking about with the finish. I've had my 8X almost 2-1/2 months. No fading and its clean. I have no case or screen protector. Usually its in my pants or jacket pocket, and I've even dropped it a few times.. I don't get it..

20bucks yours darkened. If yours came with the sticker on back and you have not taken it off...plz do, you will see the difference. This darkening effects 100% of the phones, because they are soft touch. Even the android counterparts have the exact same problem

Maybe its a hard-shell 8X more like the iPhone 3GS. No more stains and a glossy finish.

If HTC would just try as hard as Nokia, they could be #1. They have better designs than Samsung and their devices seem to balance attracting the eyes of men and women more evenly than Nokia. But they subscribe to the sell and move on principle which is why they are destined for a slow depressing death.

I dont think it is the 8x - 2 reasons:
If you look At the flash, it is positioned nearly in line With the audio-output. However in the grey shot, the audio out is More to the right.
Plus the flash seems to be a little bit out of center from zhe camera (higher) than on the grey unit.
Could be perspective though

Looks nice but I wonder how good HTC WP's could be if they actually cared we know they make pretty good hardware so there's always going to be decent phones but they need to want to make the best WP's and apps for them cause Nokia makes everyone else look like they just doing the bare minimum then again even if HTC makes us something amazing the hardware will be on Android the next week so keep doing what ur doing HTC

It looks really nice in white. You sure this is an 8X? Or even an HTC Windows Phone? I didn't see markers that indicated it was. I thought I read something a few weeks ago about HTC bringing the look of the 8X to Android phones.

Is it possible that like certain metals, some peoples sweat will corrode, or in this case discolour the hardware more than others? My hands do not sweat like others and I have never had a problem with discolouration.

Yes it is a HTC article. And having just dumped the Titan II, is why I added my 2 cents. If the TII had been my first WP device, I would not have been getting another WP device. It probably would have been a GSIII. I got a Focus in 2010 and it was a great phone with a wonderful OS. I got the TII when the Focus drowned. I wanted a 4G device and my local ATT store had only 4G droids, except for the TII. Needless to say, because of the frustrating experience I has with it, I would have left WP if Nokia had not been able to deliver the hardware they did. Especially since Samsung has yet to deliver their flagship phone. A bad experience can taint the user experience a great deal.

on the non-us versions where the carrier logo isn't plastered on the back somewhere, the beats logo is usually above the speaker grill
however, if you look at the headphone placement in conjunction with the flash on the picture vs the 8x in the picture below it, it's a little off - looks to me like it's a DNA/Butterfly variant

I am a Taiwanese. The photo on hTC twitter seems to be taken in Taiwan. hTC Butterfly is the most possible phone in that photo. hTC Butterfly is sold at December in 2012. I guess people not live in Taiwan shall be not familiar with this phone. Additional notice, hTC Butterfly white sold in China has a different look from the one sold in Taiwan.